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Non-stationarity and dissipative time crystals: Spectral properties and finite-size effects

Abstract:
We discuss the emergence of non-stationarity in open quantum many-body systems. This leads us to the definition of dissipative time crystals which display experimentally observable, persistent, time-periodic oscillations induced by noisy contact with an environment. We use the Loschmidt echo and local observables to indicate the presence of a finite sized dissipative time crystal. Starting from the closed Hubbard model we then provide examples of dissipation mechanisms that yield experimentally observable quantum periodic dynamics and allow analysis of the emergence of finite sized dissipative time crystals. For a disordered Hubbard model including two-particle loss and gain we find a dark Hamiltonian driving oscillations between GHZ states in the long-time limit. Finally, we discuss how the presented examples could be experimentally realized.
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Peer reviewed

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10.1088/1367-2630/ababc4

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
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Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Journal:
New Journal of Physics More from this journal
Volume:
22
Issue:
August 2020
Article number:
085007
Publication date:
2020-08-28
Acceptance date:
2020-08-03
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1367-2630


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1105845
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2020-08-17

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